
I made a huge mistake - I bought the single disk version of Takashi Miike's THE GREAT YOKAI WAR, thinking that I don't care about extras and wasn't sure if the DVD was going to be anamorphic (not exactly stated on the back of the DVD cover, it just says widescreen). I don't usually care for extras in a film unless the film is extremely interesting. I'm almost tempted to give this single disk version away, only for one reason - I should have bought the 2-disk DVD version of this fantasy masterpiece! Wow, wow, wow! THE GREAT YOKAI WAR is a genius, 100 percent eye candy, fairytale nightmarish fantasy film. They say that this is a Japanese family film? That's nuts. Those Japanese kids are tuff, because this movie is freaking scary for a kid's movie. This movie is so unique, amazing, and I just learned about this film a couple days ago. I haven't had such a cinematic surprise since watching MIND GAME and NIGHT WATCH. I really
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